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Japanese Primrose
Primula japonica
Primula japonica, the Japanese primrose or Japanese cowslip, is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to Japan. It is an herbaceous perennial growing to 45 cm (18 in) tall and broad, with clusters of purple flowers on erect stems, emerging from rosettes of leaves to 25 cm (10 in) long, in spring.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 204392.